Mar 18, 2026 • S05 E276 • 00:21:23
Send a textFive years ago, I was just trying to relive a moment: the first spark of The Word Cafe Podcast, when the “studio” was my bedroom and the dream still felt too big to say out loud. But the real beginning goes further back to my 40th birthday in 2...
Mar 11, 2026 • S04 E275 • 00:15:21
Send a textEver notice how a single idea repeats all day until it becomes the only thing you can think about? That’s not an accident—it’s a pattern doing its quiet work. We take you from kitchen-table math to the beating heart of social media, showing how...
Mar 04, 2026 • S04 E274 • 00:36:04
Send us Fan MailEnergy headlines rarely tell the whole story, so we pulled the camera back to show how Nigeria’s oil and gas sector is being rebuilt in real time. From renewed FIDs and streamlined approvals to a decisive pivot toward gas, we explore why i...
Feb 25, 2026 • S04 E273 • 00:10:45
Send us Fan MailA simple question from a child—why lie on the floor when the bed is right there—opens a larger conversation about surrender, pride, and the quiet strength of being conquered by truth. We share the tender origin of this practice in a mother...
Feb 18, 2026 • S04 E272 • 00:12:46
Send us Fan MailWhat if the most powerful tool for healing a strained marriage is already in your hands? We return to the marriage vow and hear it afresh—stripped of sentiment, heard as a living covenant that binds two people to each other and to God. Thr...
Feb 11, 2026 • S04 E271 • 00:08:57
Send us Fan MailYour mirror isn’t only reflecting a face; it’s echoing your words back at you. We open a candid exploration of confession as a daily practice that shapes identity, moving beyond guilt lists to truth-telling that lifts, steadies, and change...
Feb 04, 2026 • S04 E270 • 00:23:17
Send us Fan MailA sleepless night in the 90s, a BBC documentary, and a mural that wouldn’t let go—this is the spark that powers today’s conversation. We follow that current from a teenager’s curiosity to a sweeping look at how electricity rewired human hi...
Jan 28, 2026 • S04 E269 • 01:15:49
Send us Fan MailWhat if “wealth transfer” isn’t a windfall, but a wake-up call to build, steward, and govern? We sit down with Apostle Obi Pax Harry to unpack a bold thesis: Deuteronomy 8:18 isn’t poetry—it’s policy. God gives the power to get wealth, whi...
Jan 21, 2026 • S04 E268 • 00:47:33
Send us Fan MailWhat if jazz didn’t just borrow from culture but stood inside it, breathing in real stories and rhythms from across the Sahara? We sit down with The Salako—musician, festival founder, and fearless improviser—to map the living space between...
Jan 14, 2026 • S04 E267 • 00:50:06
Send us Fan MailA fading generation holds memories of colonial rule, civil war, and the early years of Nigeria’s nationhood—yet too many of those stories are slipping away unrecorded. We sit down with writer and editor Timmy Yeseibo, who calls herself a c...
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